CMDR Yumasai's Captain's Log #11: Memento Mordanticus!
15 Sep 2019Yumasai
Today is an important day, as I have decided to make perhaps the most daring choice in my life so far since my decision to desert the Federal Auxiliary Navy. Yes, it indeed is that heavy a matter. I am namely going to sign a paper that is infront of me, that will change the very course of my life. Let me think first however..... Ah yes:I have decided that I no longer wish to be apart of the Benelux Commanders. They are a fine squadron in all regards, and are a very tight community that might very well warm anyone's heart. However, they lack a thing I do value very much within Elite: Dangerous --> Storytelling, as well as having some kind of lore and goal, inside the game.
I have been able to raise a proper relationship between the BNLC and the Nova Navy (Nova Imperium's squadron), but despite that, I still longed for the story, the lore... the goals. As such, I have decided to speak with one of the two leaders of the BNLC. He told me that if I really wanted to go, he was fine with it, and wished me luck. However, his eyes showed sadness. Understandable, if you ask me.
And so, I went on to the Imperial Nova Headquarters inside the Paresa System, in Dyson City. I had asked for an audience with the Imperator, but I was redirected to his stand-in: Duke Rainbro, the man responsible for running the Nova Navy itself if the Imperator is too occupied with other, more pressing matters. I followed him to his office, and we debated the options available. In the end, he came with an offer: I would fully resign from the Benelux Commanders, yet I would not be without a squadron. The contract stated that aside from resignation of the BNLC, I would be accepted as a fulltime member of the Nova Navy, and for my past efforts, I would be granted the prestigious position of Count. (Inside the Nova Imperium hierarchy system, a Count basically has the authority similar to an Admiral)
Oh how happy I was, and I told Duke Rainbro that I could not be more happy. However, before I decided what to do, I thought of my fellow wingmates inside the BNLC; Would they be alright? Would they be able to make it without me? "Bloody hell, Yumasai, those men were under your care for most of the time. They will be fine regardless wheter or not you are there", my thoughts mummered. I figured that was correct. AlaskanBas and RebelTheHusky are fine Commanders, that know how to handle themselves. And since I already had settled with BNLC leadership for the continuation of the Alfa Wing under Alaskan's command, I had nothing to worry about, anymore.
One last thought grasped me though, as I was about to sign the contract. Namely the execution of former Imperator Kaeso Mordanticus in the Imperial Senate at the hands of Denton Patreus, a lackey of Emperor Lavigny-Duval. Am I really prepared to accept the risks that come with becoming apart of Nova Imperium itself? Well... OFCOURSE I AM! I cannot stand for the fact that the Emperor has executed a man who was evidently able to prove that the legacy of the old Empire had not been gone, but still existed with us to this day. And yet, instead of even considering a compromise, she has decided to kill him in cold blood.
And with that determination, I grabbed the pencil at once, and signed the contract. My new career in life, has begun!
Memento Mordanticus